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Acronyms and Abbreviations
 
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ACRONYM DESCRIPTION
h HOUR
H MOMENTUM
H/K HOUSEKEEPING
H/R I/F HIGH RATE INTERFACE
H/W HARDWARE
HA HEAT-SHIELD ASSEMBLY
HAB HABITATION
HABT HABITABILITY TECHNOLOGY
HAC HUGHES AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
HALOE HALOGEN OCCULTATION EXPERIMENT
HAPEX HYDROLOGICAL ATMOSPHERIC PILOT EXPERIMENT
HAW HAWAII STDN STATION (NASA)
HBW HALF-POWER BANDWIDTH
HBW HALF-BANDWIDTH
HCA HEATER CONTROL ASSEMBLY
HCE HEAT CONTROL ELECTRONICS
HCMM HEAT CAPACITY MAPPING MISSION (NASA, LAUNCH)
HDR HIGH DATA RATE
HE HIGH ECCENTRICITY ORBIT
HEAO HIGH ENERGY ASTRONOMICAL/ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY
HEIE HIGH ENERGY ISOTOPE EXPERIMENT
HELIO HELIOCENTRIC
HEO HIGH EARTH ORBIT
HEPAD HIGH ENERGY PROTON AND ALPHA-PARTICLE DETECTOR
HETM HIRS ENGINEERING TEST MODEL
HEX OR hex HEXADECIMAL
HF HIGH FREQUENCY
HFPA HARDWARE FLOATING-POINT ACCELERATOR
Hg MERCURY
HGA HIGH GAIN ANTENNA
HH HORIZONTAL-HORIZONTAL POLARIZATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
HH HITCHHIKER (NASA/WITH -G, GSFC; WITH -H, MSFC; SHUTTLE RELATED)
HIF HISTORICAL INSTRUMENT FILE
HIMAWARI (SUNFLOWER) JAPANESE GMS
HIMSS HIGH RESOLUTION MICROWAVE SPECTROMETER SOUNDER
HIRDLS HIGH RESOLUTION DYNAMICS LIMB SOUNDER
HIRIS HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE/IMAGING SPECTROMETER
HIRIS HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED SOUNDER
HIRS HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED RADIATION SOUNDER
HIRS/2 HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED RADIATION SOUNDER (MOD 2)
HIRS/2I HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED RADIATION SOUNDER (MOD 2)
HIRS/3 HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED RADIATION SOUNDER (MOD 3)
HIS HIGH RESOLUTION INTERFEROMETER SOUNDER/SPECTROMETER
HITCHHIKER SEE HH (NASA)
HLAG HIGH INCLINATION LOW ENERGY ASTRONOMY PAYLOAD GROUP
HM HABITATION MODULE
HME HANDHELD MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENT (NASA)
HMF HEALTH MAINTENANCE FACILITY
HMMR HIGH-RESOLUTION MULTIFREQUENCY MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
HOL HIGH ORDER LANGUAGE
HOW HAND-OVER WORD
Hp PARALLEL MAGNETIC FIELD
HPCG HANDHELD PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH MIDDECK EXPERIMENT (NASA)
HPE HEAT PIPE EXPERIMENT (FOREIGN HH-G PAYLOAD)
HPF HAZARDOUS PROCESSING FACILITY
HPTE HIGH-PRECISION TRACKING EXPERIMENT (NASA/LASER IN ATMOSPHERE)
HQ HEADQUARTERS
hr HOUR
HR & T HEAT REJECTION AND TRANSPORT
HRB HAZARDOUS REVIEW BOARD
HRD HIGH RATE DEMULTIPLEXER
HRDH HIGH RATE DATA HANDLING
HRDI HIGH-RESOLUTION DOPPLER IMAGER
HRF HUMAN RESEARCH FACILITY
HRFAX HIGH-RESOLUTION FAX
HRFM HIGH RATE FRAME MULTIPLEXER
HRI HIGH RATE INSTRUMENT
HRIR HIGH-RESOLUTION INFRARED RADIOMETER
HRIS HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER (ESA)
HRPT HIGH-RESOLUTION PICTURE TRANSMISSION (NOAA DIRECT BROADCAST)
HRPT HIGH RATE PICTURE TRANSMISSION
HRSO HIGH RESOLUTION SOLAR OBSERVATORY
HRTR HIGH RATE TAPE RECORDER
HRTS HIGH-RESOLUTION TELESCOPE SPECTROGRAPH
HRV HIGH-RESOLUTION VISIBLE IMAGER
HSD HIGH-SPEED DATA
HSLP HIGH SPEED LINE PRINTER
HST HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE (NASA)
HSTF HIGH SPEED TELEMETRY FORMATTER
HST-R HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE REVISIT (NASA/REPLACEMENT OF UNITS)
Ht TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD
HTM HIGH THROUGHPUT MISSION
HTPB HYDROXY-TERMINATED POLYBUTADIENE
HV HORIZONTAL-VERTICAL POLARIZATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
HV HIGH VOLTAGE
HVPI HIGH VOLTAGE PLASMA INTERACTION
HVPS HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY
HW HARDWARE
HWCI HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ITEM
HX HEAT EXCHANGER
Hz HERTZ (FORMALLY CYCLES PER SECOND)
   
 
 
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